After clicking install, it will ask you to select a directory for installation, and then download the corresponding version of SoNIA and the required Colt, FreeHep, and JavaSWF libraries from their respective websites. It will also display the license agreements, and gives the option at the end to open a website to download the (optional) QuickTime installer from Apple. Run the (optional) Quicktime installer. SoNIA is a Java application, so you must have a current version of java (1.5+) installed on your system.

Quick Start Documentation

How do I make a movie in a hurry? What does this button do? Check out Dan's Intro Lab

Input Formats

User Manual

err, coming soon. Take a look at Dan's Lab above. Or look for details on the documentation wiki.

Theoretical Overview

These pages give a more in depth look at the concepts behind SoNIA and
dynamic network visualization. They have been constructed mostly from the
material in papers we have written about SoNIA especially:

Bug Tracker
The best way to report errors and issues with the software

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Wiki

Yes, there is now a wiki documenting SoNIA. Hopefully this will help keep things more up to date. If you would like to contribute to the wiki you need to get a SF.net account and send a request to skyebend to be added as an editor.

JavaDoc

If you want to understand the structure of the program, the auto-generated
documentation of the code is located here.